The slow-selling C4 hatchback was dropped last year, and Citroen now has the C4 Cactus pseudo-crossover to compete in the compact segment.

However, in a surprising move, the French firm will reportedly bring the C4 hatch back, reports AutoExpress, after talking to the company’s CEO, Linda Jackson, who admitted that the regular C4 hatchback is still “extremely important” to them.

“I’m not saying we’re going to get rid of Cactus, but we will introduce a new C-segment car“, Jackson said. “It’ll be in the sector, but it will not be traditional. Nor will it necessarily be the C4 Cactus. As time evolves, we’ll move back into what we call our core model strategy, which will be to have a C-segment car.”

Introduced in 2010 and facelifted four years later, the second generation Citroen C4 shared its underpinnings with the first-gen Peugeot 308. The latter was replaced by an entirely new car in 2013, which won the 2014 European Car of the Year award.

PSA’s next logical step would be to use common platforms for the new Citroen C4 (name unconfirmed) and the third generation Peugeot 308, which would allow both cars to share the same engines and technologies and, thus, reduce costs.

At this point, however, there’s no word on when the new C4 might be launched and whether it’ll get a Cactus version as well.

Despite being a big sales hit, the C4 Cactus doesn’t exactly serve as a replacement of the C4 hatchback. In fact, the French carmaker appears to be planning a new generation of the compact hatch for Europe.

The model will continue to challenge the likes of the Volkswagen Golf, Ford Focus, Renault Megane, Opel Astra and others in the compact segment, and should arrive after 2020, AutoWeek reports, after discussing the subject with the brand’s CEO, Linda Jackson.

“The C4 is particularly important in Europe, and we need something in that segment, so there will be a replacement”, said Jackson, without disclosing further details.

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Nevertheless, since the older C4 generations shared their platform and other mechanical parts with the Peugeot 307 and 308, it’s very likely that the new one will follow the same route. Moreover, the latest 308 is also scheduled for a replacement after being in production pretty much unchanged since 2013, so the two cars will probably arrive around the same date.

In addition to a new C4 hatchback, Citroen is also planning yet another C5. The D-segment model was said to be “especially important for China, but will also be carried elsewhere in the world”, according to Jackson, and should follow hot on the heels of its smaller sibling.

The PSA-owned brand already has the foundation stone for this model, in the form of the new Peugeot 508, which was shown to the world earlier this spring in Geneva.